Pedro de Mena carved altarpieces in Malaga in the seventeenth century, and the house where he worked is still standing on Calle Afligidos. What hangs on its walls today was painted three hundred years later, and the two municipal pages describing the place cannot agree on what it costs to walk in.
How much does the Revello de Toro Museum cost? That depends which municipal page you read. The Ayuntamiento de Málaga publishes 2.50 euros with the audio guide included, and the museum’s own website 4 euros with the audio guide charged separately at 2. Both agree that Sundays are free, as is entry for under-18s and over-65s, and that Sunday closing is 2pm.
The Museo Revello de Toro occupies the workshop house of Pedro de Mena, which the Ayuntamiento de Málaga calls one of the few domestic buildings from that period still standing in Malaga. Of the 142 works given by Félix Revello de Toro, 116 hang. The council sheet prices entry at €2.50 with the audio guide included; the museum’s own site says €4 and charges €2 more for the audio guide.
The house came before the collection
The Museo Revello de Toro occupies the workshop house of Pedro de Mena, the image-maker whose carvings shaped how Andalusian churches look from the inside. The Ayuntamiento de Málaga calls the building one of the few domestic buildings from that period still standing in Malaga, which is a stronger claim than it first sounds in a city rebuilt as often as this one.
That is why the museum was given three aims, and only one of them is about the painter whose name is over the door:
- Showing the donated collection, the permanent display of oils, sketches and drawings.
- Recovering the building itself, the workshop house that had to be restored before anything could hang in it.
- Promoting the figure of Pedro de Mena, spreading knowledge of the sculptor’s work and his career.
The third aim has a physical shape inside: an interpretation centre devoted to Mena, with an interactive table for locating his work inside and outside Malaga and a ten-minute documentary, alongside a library and the exhibition rooms.
His name turns up elsewhere on this site for a harder reason. The carving of his that used to process at Easter was destroyed in 1931, as Holy Week in Malaga sets out. Here is where he worked; there is what became of the work.
A gift of 142 works, of which 116 hang
The collection exists because of a donation. Félix Revello de Toro, the Malaga-born portrait and figurative painter, gave his home city 142 works, and 116 of them are shown, across oils, sketches and drawings.
The gap matters more than museums usually admit. Twenty-six pieces are not on display, and the municipal listing states the two figures side by side instead of rounding the collection up to a single headline number. A visitor reading only the larger figure would expect a bigger museum than the one behind the door.
Beside the permanent rooms sits a temporary exhibition space, and it is the only part of the building with a price of its own: 2 euros for anyone who wants to see just that, according to the museum’s own website.
What the visit does not offer is a count of Mena carvings on the walls. The interpretation centre exists to point at his work elsewhere, in Malaga and beyond, rather than to hold it, and neither municipal source publishes a figure for pieces by him kept on site.
Two municipal pages, two prices
| Item | Ayuntamiento listing | Museum website |
|---|---|---|
| Sundays | Free | Free |
| Under-18s and over-65s | Free | Free |
| Temporary exhibition only | Not listed | €2 |
| Groups of five or more | €2 | Not listed |
| General admission | €2.50 | €4 |
| Audio guide | Included in general | €2 separately |
The Ayuntamiento de Málaga publishes 2.50 euros with the audio guide built into the price. The museum publishes 4 euros and charges 2 euros more for the same audio guide, which turns a gap of 1.50 euros into one of 3.50 euros for anyone who wants the commentary.
Neither version is picked here, because no source settles it. What can be said is where they agree, and the agreement is the part worth planning around: Sunday entry is free, and under-18s and over-65s never pay on either page, with the audio guide charged at 2 euros in that case.
The practical conclusion writes itself. Go on a Sunday morning and the contradiction stops mattering, because both pages send you through the door for nothing.
Hours, and one warning worth reading first
Opening times do not shift with the season, which is rarer in Malaga than it should be: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 8pm, and Sundays and public holidays, 10am to 2pm. Both sources publish the same calendar, so this is the one part of the visit with no ambiguity at all.
The museum closes on Mondays, on 25 December, on 1 January and on the afternoons of 24 and 31 December. Nothing else in the year is marked as a closure on either page.
The warning is on the municipal listing and it is unambiguous: the building has no access for people with reduced mobility. It is a seventeenth-century house adapted into galleries, with stairs and doorways sized for a domestic building rather than for a public one, and the consequences of that across the city are set out in wheelchair-accessible Malaga.
That single line is the reason to check before travelling rather than on arrival. Calle Afligidos sits deep inside the old town, so a wasted trip means walking back out through the same pedestrian streets.
Fitting it into a morning in the old town
The address is Calle Afligidos, 5, a few minutes from the cathedral, so the museum drops into the walking order set out in the old town walking route without adding a detour to the day.
Because Sundays cost nothing, it also belongs in the timing logic of free museums in Malaga and free things to do in Malaga. The catch is the 2pm Sunday closing, which puts it before lunch rather than after, and forces a choice about which free slot to spend the morning on.
For the order in which the city’s larger galleries are worth chaining, and how this one compares with them on price and time, what to see in Malaga has the sequence, with the two big neighbours covered in the Picasso Museum and the Carmen Thyssen.
Everything here is walkable from the centre, so no transport decision is needed; the wider question of moving around the city is answered in getting around Malaga.
Frequently asked questions about the Revello de Toro Museum
How much does the Revello de Toro Museum cost?
That depends on which municipal page you read. The Ayuntamiento de Málaga publishes 2.50 euros with the audio guide included, and the museum’s own website publishes 4 euros with the audio guide charged separately at 2 euros. Both agree that Sunday admission is free.
Is the Revello de Toro Museum free on Sundays?
Yes, on both municipal sources. Admission is also free at all times for under-18s and over-65s, although in that case the audio guide costs 2 euros. Sunday closing is 2pm, so it is a morning visit.
Why is the Revello de Toro Museum in Pedro de Mena’s house?
It occupies the workshop house of Pedro de Mena, the 17th-century image-maker. The Ayuntamiento de Málaga describes it as one of the few domestic buildings from that period still standing in the city.
What is there to see at the Revello de Toro Museum?
One hundred and sixteen of the 142 works Félix Revello de Toro gave to Malaga, across oils, sketches and drawings, plus a temporary exhibition room and an interpretation centre devoted to Pedro de Mena with an interactive table and a ten-minute documentary.
Is the Revello de Toro Museum wheelchair accessible?
The municipal listing states plainly that it has no access for people with reduced mobility. The building is an adapted 17th-century house, so it is worth knowing before crossing the old town to reach it.
What are the Revello de Toro Museum opening hours?
Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sundays and public holidays from 10am to 2pm, closed on Mondays. It also closes on 25 December, 1 January and the afternoons of 24 and 31 December.
A living painter shown inside a dead sculptor’s house. Only the price is still unsettled.